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1 besmislen
* * *• rigmarole• ridiculous• unmeaning• unwise• silly• senseless• preposterous• purposeless• inane• insensate• fatuous• gaga• absurd• pointless• reasonless• nonsensical -
2 apsurdan
adj absurd, preposterous itd. (-besmislen)* * *• ridiculous• farcical -
3 besmisleno
adv absurdly, preposterously itd, in an absurd/preposterous* * *• nonsensical -
4 naopaki
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5 nepostojan
adj inconstant, unstable, unsteady, unsettled, changeable, varying; wavering, fickle, vacillating; (boja) fading I gram -o »a« fleeting/fugitive a* * *• unsettled• unstable• unsteady• vertiginous• unsteadfast• volatile• sleazy• staggering• preposterous• inconstant• fickle• flighty• nonvolatile• mutable -
6 nerazuman
adj imprudent, unreasonable, unwise, injudicious, ill-advised, irrational, preposterous, absurd, foolish (- nepromišljen) I ne budi nerazuman don't be unreasonable, be reasonable, you should have more sense (than that)* * *• unthinking• unreasponable• unreasonable• witless• senseless• irrational• injudicious• plunger -
7 promjenjiv
* * *• commutable• transformable• varying• variable• versatile• variant• volatile• shifting• preposterous• protean• fickle• alterative• mutable• mobile -
8 smiješan
adj (izazivlje smijeh) funny, amus-ing, comical, humorous, riotous, hysterical, side-splitting; (izazivlje podsmjeh) ridiculous, absurd, ludicrous, preposterous, farcical, silly, laughable I to je -no! (ljutito) that's ridiculous/absurd! itd.; it's a joke* * *• risible• ridicule• ridiculous• droll• laughing• laughable• funny• impossible• humorous• absurd• amused• amusing• apish• ludicrous• queer
См. также в других словарях:
Preposterous — Pre*pos ter*ous, a. [L. praeposterus; prae before + posterus coming after, latter. See {Posterior}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The method I take may be censured as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preposterous — index excessive, exorbitant, impossible, incredible, inept (inappropriate), inordinate, irrational … Law dictionary
preposterous — 1540s, from L. praeposterus absurd, contrary to nature, lit. before behind (Cf. topsy turvy, cart before the horse), from prae before + posterus subsequent … Etymology dictionary
preposterous — absurd, *foolish, silly Analogous words: irrational, unreasonable: bizarre, grotesque, *fantastic … New Dictionary of Synonyms
preposterous — [adj] ridiculous, bizarre absurd, asinine, crazy, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, far out*, foolish, harebrained*, impossible, incredible, insane, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, out of the… … New thesaurus
preposterous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ utterly absurd or ridiculous. DERIVATIVES preposterously adverb preposterousness noun. ORIGIN Latin praeposterus reversed, absurd … English terms dictionary
preposterous — [prē päs′tər əs, pripäs′tər əs] adj. [L praeposterus < prae , before (see PRE ) + posterus, following: see POSTERIOR] 1. Now Rare with the first last and the last first; inverted 2. so contrary to nature, reason, or common sense as to be… … English World dictionary
preposterous — adj. preposterous to + inf. (it s preposterous to speak of such things) * * * [prɪ pɒst(ə)rəs] preposterous to + inf. (it s preposterous to speak of such things) … Combinatory dictionary
preposterous — [16] Preposterous originated as a Latin oxymoron, praeposterus. This was 393 prevaricate coined from prae ‘before’ and posterus ‘coming after, next’, a derivative of post ‘after’. It denoted ‘the wrong way round, out of order’ (and indeed that… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
preposterous — [[t]prɪpɒ̱st(ə)rəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe something as preposterous, you mean that it is extremely unreasonable and foolish. The whole idea was preposterous. ...their preposterous claim that they had unearthed a plot. Syn:… … English dictionary
preposterous — [16] Preposterous originated as a Latin oxymoron, praeposterus. This was coined from prae ‘before’ and posterus ‘coming after, next’, a derivative of post ‘after’. It denoted ‘the wrong way round, out of order’ (and indeed that was how English… … Word origins
